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--- git [2023/05/08 19:57] – [Resolving a Merge Conflict] dblume
+++ git [2024/06/12 11:29] (current) – dblume
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   git@fake.github.com:project/project.git
 </code>
+Eventually, if you want to add another branch to a single-branch clone:
+  git remote set-branches --add origin another-branch
+Or to de-single-branch-ize a clone:
+  git remote set-branches origin "*"
 ===== Creating a new remote repository from an existing local one =====
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 </code>
-I could've used gitweb but I used GitHub-like [[https://github.com/klaussilveira/gitlist|gitlist]] at http://git.dlma.com.
+Options are:
+  * I chose GitHub-like [[https://github.com/klaussilveira/gitlist|gitlist]] for https://git.dlma.com, because it works on my shared server.
+  * [[https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/13hxnf4/selfhosted_git_services_you_dont_need_a_huge/|cgit]] might work
+  * [[https://gogs.io/|gogs]]
+  * [[https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-on-the-Server-GitWeb|GitWeb]] (the one built-in.)
 ====== Limit scope of huge repos ======
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 The submodule one is an optimization for the more general:
+<code bash>
+git submodule update --recursive  # Add --init before --recursive on first time
+</code>
+====== Submodules ======
+[[https://www.cyberdemon.org/2024/03/20/submodules.html|Demystifying git submodules]] is [[https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk/112604915327918216|summarized by Julia Evans in a 'zine page here]].
+Cloning a repo doesn't download its submodules. After cloning, run:
+<code bash>
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+</code>
+Git pull and checkout don't update submodules. To actually update them, you have to run the following every time you switch branches or pull.
 <code bash>
 git submodule update --recursive  # Add --init before --recursive on first time